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This chapter describes the Cisco NX-OS commands that begin with S that are used to manage a Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extender from a Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch.
To assign a serial number to a Fabric Extender, use the serial command. To remove the serial number, use the no form of this command.
Serial number string for the Fabric Extender. The string is alphanumeric, case sensitive, and has a maximum length of 20 characters. |
Fabric extender configuration mode
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The serial number string you define with the serial command must match the serial number of the Fabric Extender. If you configure a serial number and then you use the fex associate command to associate the corresponding chassis ID to the switch, the association will succeed only if the Fabric Extender reports a matching serial number string.
This example shows how to specify a serial number for a Fabric Extender:
switch#
configure terminal
switch(config)#
fex 101
switch(config-fex)#
serial Rack16_FEX101
This example shows how to remove a serial number from a Fabric Extender:
switch#
configure terminal
switch(config)#
fex 101
switch(config-fex)#
no serial
To enable preprovisioning on a slot in a chassis, use the slot command. To disable the slot for preprovisioning, use the no form of this command.
Global configuration mode
Configuration synchronization mode
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Use this command to enable preprovisioning of features or interfaces of a module on a slot in a chassis. Preprovisioning allows you to configure features or interfaces (Ethernet, Fibre Channel) on modules before the modules are inserted in the switch chassis.
This example shows how to enable a chassis slot for preprovisioning of a module:
This example shows how to disable a chassis slot for preprovisioning of a module:
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Configures ports as Ethernet, native Fibre Channel or Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) ports. |
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Displays the running configuration excluding the preprovisioned features. |
To set the interface type to be an uplink port for a Fabric Extender, use the switchport mode fex-fabric command.
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This example shows how to set an Ethernet interface to be an uplink port for a Fabric Extender:
This example shows how to set an EtherChannel interface to be an uplink port for a Fabric Extender:
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Associates a Fabric Extender to an Ethernet or EtherChannel interface. |
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Displays all configured Fabric Extender chassis connected to the switch. |